VENICE, ITALY – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: Venice, Italy quite stylish coat of arms of Marina Militare (the Italian Navy depicting the emblems of the four Maritime Republics, Venice, Pisa, Genoa and Amalfi). I don’t know what the flags on either sign signify but they are probably the nautical flag alphabet. The Italians famous for the their clothes had this made in Bangladesh. Ah, cheap labour and free trade in the 21st century.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN: Bangladesh

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: Size 9/10

CROATIA – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: A kids t-shirt in the familiar red and white checkerboard of Croatia with the coat of arms over the heart.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN: it is “Made for Croatia” …which means it was made somewhere else.

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: size 10

ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Alice Springs, Northern Territory , Australia

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: Nice, striking graphics which captures the climate and even, the Indigenous spirit of the red centre (as Alice Springs is otherwise known) of Australia.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: Adult

ALABAMA, USA – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Alabama , USA

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: Alabama, the “Heart of Dixie”. Are you allowed to say “Dixie” anymore? Surely someone will be triggered, somewhere. Wear with caution as you will probably be torn down in an attempt to erase the subjective past.

Dixie is an informal name for the states in the U.S. South, especially those that seceded and formed the Confederacy which led to the U.S. Civil war. It is a reference to the Mason Dixon line which marks the north from the South. Eventually it was shortened to “Dixie”. Alabama

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1994

MADE FROM: 100% cotton

MADE IN: Mexico

MANUFACTURER: Jerzees

DIMENSIONS: XL

DALMATIA, CROATIA – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Dalmatia , Croatia

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: “I’d rather be in … Dalmatia”. Yes I would. Croatia’s southern coastal region, dotted with islands, pristine water and lots of seafood.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2005

MADE FROM: 100% cotton

MADE IN: Honduras

MANUFACTURER: Anvil organic

DIMENSIONS: L

POPOYO (specifically Magnific Rock), NICARAGUA – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Popoyo (specifically Magnific Rock) , Nicaragua

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: Stylish Long T shirt with stylish vivid writing (and the inevitable man, surfboard, sundown on back) celebrating on of Nicaragua’s beautiful beaches and surfing areas.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2013

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN: Nicaragua

MANUFACTURER: EM Tex

DIMENSIONS: XL

IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK, ARGENTINA – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Parque Nacional Iguazu , Argentina

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: A kids t-shirt in black celebrating the Parque Nacional Iguazu or, rather, the Iguazú National Park in northern Argentina, next to the Brazillian border. which has an area of 672 km2 (259 sq mi) and has all sorts of uniquely South American flora and fauna, including the toucan depicted. See, you can learn stuff on the internet. http://www.iguazuargentina.com/parques.php

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: kids size

VENICE, ITALY – T Shirt

PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy

ITEM: T Shirt

NOTES: Venezia, Italy. There is no mistaking that. It is quite stylish though with the gondola quite vivid in its multi-coloured embroidery. The Italians famous for the their clothes had this made in Bangladesh though “designed” in Italy.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN: Bangladesh

MANUFACTURER: San Marco

DIMENSIONS: kids XL